Yves Saint Laurent’s Rouge Volupte is their best lipstick to-date. It’s full coverage, creamy, long-lasting, and mango-scented (is the scent is stronger in these lipsticks, or is it my imagination?). It also contains SPF 15.

I first saw the product on Sephora.com, accidentally listed before its September release date. I was instantly smitten by the gorgeous case (sucker for packaging that I am). In person, the tube is not quite as delicate as its picture. (Note how wide the swatches are.)

I’m not excited about Rouge Volupte’s price tag, though. At $34, it breaks the $30 ceiling of Chanel’s Rouge Allure and Chantecaille’s Lip Chics. I’m sure this is a trend we’ll be seeing more of.

>I have just bought several Max Factor lipsticks at the Boots Sale and I love the vibrance of the colours and the longevity of them. I must admit I haven’t tried the Yves Saint Laurent’s lipsticks, but looking at the other comments to this blog I think I will have to, I could be missing out.

Hello, Karla
thank you for such a good swatches. However, you have a liitlle mistake on your pictures. For example, on the first one: in small picture size number 8 is Fetish Pink, while when Im click on it to zoom, 8 is becoming a Kissable Rose. Could you fix it please, because Im using your pictures quite often and this bug is really confusing =)
Thanx in advance!